The Willem II Courier
Squad10 Aug 2026
Thomas Didillon-Hödl in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Willem II this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Willem II
2 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Devin Haen signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Devin Haen and Willem II agree another 4 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Denzel Timber joins the Willem II first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Denzel Timber is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Willem II promote Patrick Gravenberch from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Patrick Gravenberch has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Willem II training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alessandro Ciranni is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
In brief
- Squad The manager makes an example of Devin Haen
- Market 48 months and counting on Jari Schuurman
- Market Per van Loon is free to find somewhere else
- Boardroom Willem II turn down the training-ground plan